Chronic psychosocial stress and hypertension

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Spruill, Tanya M ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Chronic stress; Hypertension; Rumination

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; RACISM; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77249167651     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-009-0084-8     Document Type: Review

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